SICK films glorifying Nazis, torture, rape and even cannibalism are being widely sold on Britain’s High Streets.

These “extreme reality” films promise “mutilation, beheading and death culls” and boast that they were once banned from shops.

Increasingly lax standards by Britain’s film censors mean they have now been quietly passed for sale in big name stores across the country.

The Sunday Express bought four titles from HMV and Zavvi – SS Exp­eriment Camp, Cannibal Holocaust, I Spit on Your Grave and Faces of Death.

The graphic DVDs are an orgy of violence against women and revel in scenes of murder and mutilation. Film censors admit these grotesque movies are “tasteless” but they say they do not deserve to be banned because they are neither illegal nor harmful.

They argue that the release of the films reflects changes in society’s attitudes but MPs across all parties are increasingly worried that ultra-violent films and computer games can be bought by under-18s. And they fear exposure to such extreme images is fuelling a culture of violence among Britain’s feral youth.

As the Government reviews the laws surrounding game violence, the Sunday Express today demands action to sweep this filth off our shelves. Our call is echoed by outraged British Jewish groups, horrified that the Holocaust has become a form of entertainment.

A spokesman for the Community Security Trust, a group which represents British Jews on security and policing matters, said there was no place for films like SS Experi­ment Camp on the High Street.

“The film was prev­iously banned because it glamorises Nazism and sexual violence, neither of which should be any more acceptable today,” he said.

“The internet may have made it increasingly easy to obtain offensive material but leading retailers surely do not need to act as pimps for this, particularly when it is aimed at Nazis, sexual sadists and those with impressionable minds.

“HMV should immediately stop selling this offensive material.”

The horror film’s previous notor­iety is used as a selling ploy. The cover proclaims: “Legally available for the first time.”

A spokesman for HMV said: “As a retailer, we do not censor content that has been cleared by the British Board of Film Classification.

“However, we recognise the importance of merchandising film titles responsibly and seek to do this in a manner that is sensitive to the film’s content and its BBFC rating.”

Lavinia Carey, director general of the British Video Association, said: “Public opinion varies. Tastes do change over the decades but people don’t have to watch it if they don’t want to.”

While retailers argue that they are legally entitled to sell such films, MPs are pressing for tighter controls.

Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Com­mittee, said: “Adults should be able to buy whatever they want within the law. However, these films are readily available and some retailers are selling these to under-18s. This is happening every day of every week in every town in Britain.”

Mr Vaz wants shops that flout the law to be prosecuted and has called for the 18 certificate to be made much larger on the cover of offensive material. He has also called for the BBFC to be given statutory powers to call in and review any game or film it is concerned about.

In the Eighties the director of public prosecutions produced a list of so-called “video nasties” which could be seized by police but a BBFC spokes­woman said changing tastes and failed prosecutions had made that list “as relevant as witchcraft”.

She added: “What we are reflecting is changes in public attitude. SS Experiment Camp is certainly tasteless and unpleasant but it is not harmful or illegal.

“I personally found Mel Gibson’s Passion of Christ tasteless but that does not mean it should be banned.”

Tory MP Julian Brazier has introduced a Private Members Bill which would give the public a much greater say in the work of the censors – including a power to ban games blamed for causing copycat violence.